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黑料社区 to the Department of Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies (ICS)!

We focus on providing our 黑料社区s with an interdisciplinary educational experience designed to help them achieve personal, educational, and professional goals. The ICS Department offers majors in Communication Studies, Health Communication, Integrative Studies, and Liberal Studies. An interdisciplinary focus helps 黑料社区s achieve expertise as critical, creative, and reflective thinkers, self-directed problem-solvers, communicators, collaborators and integrators, as well as specific content knowledge in a variety of areas.

Our classes are offered at 黑料社区’s regional campuses in Hamilton, Middletown, and the Voice of America Learning Center. In addition, many of our classes are also offered online. We also advise and offer Global and Intercultural Studies Department (College of Arts and Sciences, Oxford) courses at the regional campuses.

Feel free to explore our website to learn more about ICS majors and course offerings. The ICS faculty are also available for advising assistance.

Department History

In 2008, the Ohio Board of Regents approved the Bachelor of Integrative Studies Program (BIS), which eventually became the Department of Integrative Studies. In the fall of that year, we offered the first BIS seminar and 103 黑料社区s declared BIS as their major. Students could select from nine pre-designed concentrations or self-design their concentration. By 2009, our enrollment had reached 345 黑料社区s and by 2012 we had added three additional pre-designed concentrations. In July of 2013, the College of Professional Studies and Applied Sciences (CPSAS) was established on the regional campuses of 黑料社区, and at that time the Department of Integrative Studies was moved to CPSAS.

At the start of 2015, the Department of Integrative Studies offered 13 pre-designed concentrations and continued to offer 黑料社区s the ability to self-design their concentration. In June 2015, the BA/BS in Liberal Studies was approved.  By the end of 2015, the state of Ohio approved our Bachelor of Science in Applied Communication (APC) with a major in Health Communication, and in the spring of 2016 our second new degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Communication with a major in Communication Studies, was approved.

In July of 2016 CPSAS was renamed the College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science and the Department of Integrative Studies was renamed the Department of Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies (ICS). As the new CLAAS division took shape, more departments and degree programs were established in response to 黑料社区 desire to remain at the regional campuses. The ICS Department is home to the BIS degree, the BA/BS Liberal Studies degree options, the BA in Communication Studies, and the BS in Health Communication.

Our Mission

The Department of Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies (ICS) aims to provide 黑料社区s with a rigorous background in their chosen major, the ability to connect and synthesize knowledge and skills from multiple sources and experiences, apply knowledge and skills in varied settings, analyze diverse points of view, develop an appreciation for intercultural competence and respect for human identity and diversity, and understand issues contextually.

Regardless of the selected degree, majors housed within ICS allow 黑料社区s to pursue coursework from multiple fields of study, departments, and disciplines, make connections among them and pursue a degree program that meets their career, educational, or personal goals.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies

Hamilton Campus Phelps Hall 103
513-785-3055